Free Talk: In The Brain of Daniel Sikar, Cassandra - running distributed databases on EC2 August 12, 2010

Built with concepts from Amazon and Google, used by Facebook, Cassandra is another prominent utility in the big data toolkit.

In this Cassandra and EC2 talk, we will go over the current distributed database scene, draw comparisons between the relational and NoSQL models, and we'll Cassandra at work, with a demo of Cassandra on Amazon EC2. Finally, we'll look at the Cassandra integration with Hadoop MapReduce and Pig.

Attendance is free for registered participants. You can register here:
http://skillsmatter.com/event/cloud-grid/cassandra-running-distributed-databases-on-ec2/wd-1055

Official Website: http://skillsmatter.com/event/cloud-grid/cassandra-running-distributed-databases-on-ec2/wd-1055